Bill Text: NY S03137 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the definition of eligible vehicles for climate smart community projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S03137 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03137-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3137

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 27, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  BIAGGI,  MYRIE -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
          mental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
          definition of eligible vehicles for climate smart community projects

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section
     2  54-1521 of the environmental conservation law, as added by section 5  of
     3  part U of chapter 58 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (i) has up to four wheels;
     5    §  2.  Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 54-1521 of the environ-
     6  mental conservation law, as added by section 5 of part U of  chapter  58
     7  of the laws  of 2016, is amended to read as follows
     8    b.  The  department,  in  consultation  with the New York state energy
     9  research and development authority, shall determine the  amount  of  the
    10  rebate  taking  into consideration the electric range of the vehicle and
    11  the estimated annual greenhouse gas  emissions  reductions  provided  by
    12  that  vehicle  as  compared  to  a  similar  internal  combustion engine
    13  vehicle, provided that a rebate of an eligible  purchase  shall  be  not
    14  [less  than  seven  hundred fifty dollars per vehicle and not] more than
    15  five thousand dollars per vehicle.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06851-01-1